Reviews of Hamline University (College)

1536 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN 55104

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Here you will see the opinions of real people like you who know the products and services of Hamline University (College) in Minnesota.

At present the firm gets a rating of 4.2 stars out of 5 and the rating is based on 55 reviews.

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REVIEWS OF Hamline University IN Minnesota

Frank Bliss

Agnes Grace

Best school ever very friendly.

Hassan Muse

N o a h T e a

The administration is trying to squeeze as much money out of you as the quality of education diminishes. They advertise a 12:1 student to faculty ration - but that's insidiously false advertising. Class sizes are never that small. I'm entering my senior year where one would expect to see some of those smaller, closer knit classes where a professor could give extra attention, but I'm now stuck in two separate classrooms designed for 18 students but have 23 people in them. Besides the fact that it's a really uncomfortable learning experience and probably a fire code violation, what really puts crud in my maw is that these are writing classes where I'm supposed to be getting workshopped, but both professors have apologized, saying with the number of people in the class it's just not feasible. So now my education (that I'm putting a pretty penny toward and going into debt for) is being compromised because of overstuffing. I'm beginning to feel like the students here are looked at like cattle. And this isn't like some protocapitalist-consumerist "then give your money to some other institution" type situation. I've invested into this place with the expectation (advertised by Hamline) of being rewarded by them, with - at the very least - a quality education. It's not easy to transfer schools, especially this late in the game, especially without it costing money and time. Pair the diminishing classroom experience with the fact that we're entering our second week of the Spring semester and I still haven't received my books from the bookstore. This isn't just me; it's about a third of the student body who are still bookless. Why is this happening? Well, they're spending all this money moving the bookstore to a new renovated space. I'm seeing all this superfluous spending on fancy new buildings while the basic needs of the students are not being met. Pair the bookless situation with the fact that Hamline started charging us for J-term even though I enrolled under the belief (again, advertised by Hamline) that winter-terms were including in our tuition - making graduating on-time that much more difficult and expensive. I believe that at the very least Hamline should've "grandfathered" in existing students, thus making good on the promises they made. Truly I believe this is a litigious offence. Class action lawsuit, anyone? Pair the charging of J-term with the fact that last semester, Hamline dropped a class I was enrolled in just 13 days before it began! I'm a non-traditional student, a single dad with two kids who have school schedules and a job of my own, but after they dropped the class Hamline offered alternative classes they figured would work. Well, guess what? None of these classes worked with the schedule I had planned out. At this point, any grant money for getting child-support was long gone. So my credit load dropped to 12 instead of 16; Minnesota grants require 15 credits to be considered a full-time student, so I lost over thousand dollars in grant money because of Hamline's mistake. I figured Hamline could reimburse the money I lost in grant money, or perhaps reimburse me just this once for a J-term class. In the end, they said sorry, the alternatives they offered were good enough, and that because student enrollment in the J-terms were still good even though they are now charging nearly three thousand dollars for one, that they couldn't help. It’s one thing after the other that have piled up. It’s not the professors’ fault. Most of my experience with them have been extremely positive. It’s just that fact that underneath all of that, there is this beast that only cares about the bottom-line, and that bottom-line is not our education. To be clear, I’m not some slacker who is upset because he failed some courses. I’m on the Dean’s list and have only gotten As since I’ve been here… well okay, one A- in stats. Maybe classes and grading are getting too easy because of exterior pressures to have students graduate instead of learn? That’s another subject all together.

Ron Dahari

Nice

Mitch Lund

Ali

Hamline University

Russell Hunter

Hannah Dereje

Giselda Gutierrez

Matt

Charity Partridge

I liked it it's very helpful it helped me

Becca Brackett

Liam Briggs

Rania Gharib

Rude customer service

Jennie Cook

My daughter was here for a swim meet. She left a bag there and we emailed security. They actually went looking for the missing bag! I was very pleased about that!

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Gage Matthews

Mike Heine

A great school if you are going into the education field. All of my professors have been excellent. Very nicely kept campus and facilities. Location is good. Close to restaurants and shops. Downsides are the price (it is a private school) and the fact there have been more than a few crimes that have happened on campus since I've been there, such as robberies later at night.

Eric Kartheiser

Isaac Olson

remy bourne

Thuy My Le

Bree Carey

Hamline is a wonderful campus to spend time on. It’s beautiful, away from the noise, and they have a Starbucks! As for attending, I love it but it is pricy if you don’t get the right scholarships. The teachers actually enjoy teaching, the students are mostly there to learn, it’s not a big party school. The writing program and community is phenomenal.

Brandon GX

I've seen students from the Hand In Hand collaboration and I thinks it's a great way for students to practice on becoming a teacher also it gives the teachers help. I love this school!!

Randall Morris-Ostrom

David Tomenes

Amanda Gurria

If I could do it all over I'd have gone to a state school or vocational school and gotten a trade. Not a to say I didn't love my time at Hamline, I did. But 4 years of loving my time doesn't make up for years after of financial insecurity and mounting student loan debt.

Molly Hewitt

Miss Johnson

not impressed. expensive. very close to a bad area, meaning, crime, and dirty, unkept areas. as a female, it is not ideal for safety, the closest shopping is the midway area, which is very dirty, and the hamline area is known as a target for thieves with so many unknowing girls from small towns with lots of money from mommy and daddy, they are in danger. i would not send my daughter. many stories of robberies, as trusting students sharing homes leave doors unlocked and criminals walk right in, and take what they want. look at the crime in the area you choose before shelling out all that money. dont just check one website, check a couple.

Jeremy Jorgensen

Gunnar Aas

Jack McCorkell

Alright so basically I went to ham line university and they kicked me out because I wasn’t a student. I thought the whole point of schools were to be inclusive! So what if I asked Dr. Fayneese if I could perform ravenous furry cosplay in the public cafe?! I deserve the rights I was afforded at birth!

Yvette Davis

Nice and clean

B Johnson Photos Brenda Johnson

Beautiful campus! Such an excellent university in the city to St Paul.

Mahamud Mahamud

Amazing

Miranda Weakley

After my freshman year at Hamline I found that it really is not for me. I met with a counselor to discuss transferring and what that would look like, I was told that the school I was interested in was a terrible school and was fed some story from the counselor about how her children were success stories from Hamline so why wouldn't I want to stay? I understand it is their job to sell the school and make you want to stay, but why offer that student service if all they do is tell you to stay. I did enjoy most of my professors, but that was not worth the extremely high price I was paying even with scholarships, grants and loans. Another frustration I had most of the year was parking...... it was very rare I found a good parking spot even after paying $200. Students who do not have passes park in the lot with little to no consequences that I have seen. Hamline's priorities are completely out of line as well, while their science building needs a complete makeover they chose to build a new bookstore(that was completely fine where it was) and attach a new student lounge with new technology. As a commuter I would have loved to see my tuition go to something that I could use (as a commuter you are not allowed in lounges without a campus resident to get you in). Overall I have found my experience at Hamline to be very frustrating, financially draining and limited in a major that I would not have been happy with had I chose to stay, because unless you are interested in any type of justice (social, racial, gender, etc.) this is probably not the best school for you.

Rose-Marie Athiley

Zach Hart

The professors here are very professional, insightful, and intelligent. They genuinely care about the students. And of course, the classes are small. A+

Lanae Ronchetti

Eric Guttormson

Proud to be an alum!

Moua Xiong

N. J. S.

Amanda Chen

Gulled Badel

Kristen

A great university

Justin Rich

Veterans beware! This school is not veterans friendly and student services will not help you. Disability services is also a joke here. They're happy to take your money but refuse to return phone calls and emails. Don't waste your time fellow vets. Go to a school that actually cares about your success.

Luke Haruki

Maymoon Mohamed

Aiden Hall

I’m in eighth grade and I got a letter from hamline saying that I was interested in them what does that mean?

Zakariya Abdullahi

It is a huge, beautiful campus. But it isn't in the best of places. It is kind of perfect for people new to Minnesota or just the area. Because there are a lot of stores nearby.

T Rugg

Ross Diller

I just read Noah Tilsen's review. I do not have any children of my own, but my experience at Hamline University was eerily similar. With the student worker position I had ( the wage is an insult and no one at working at McDonald's deserves $15 an hour if an educated male who has lived here since 1978 can't be allowed to use his bachelor's degree for anything more than a $10 an hour job, which is what I've subsisted on since I graduated in the spring of 2012. ), I saw how Hamline does not work. Microsoft updates rule your future, kids. Books are rarely on time. The HVAC infrastructre is a disaster. How do I know that? I applied for a pipe fitting apprenticeship program, and ultimately decided on Hamline after I was turned away from a blue collar future. Thankfully, that dolt Linda Hanson is gone. That woman belongs in jail, and I would be more than happy to be the one that slaps the cuffs on her. Her job while President was to raise funds for the University. She raised zero dollars while her and her entourage sat around like our do-nothing Congress, collecting a check. The most interesting professors I met here had not yet achieved tenure. Do you honestly think Hamline doesn't mess over the faculty also? I watched the construction of that orange abomination facing Snelling Avenue, and never even set foot inside it once. I like to have two bricks from it so I can tie them to Donald Trump's ankles and throw him off the Lafayette Bridge because you're not getting any money from me until I feel that I can make a reasonable payment while maintaining an acceptable standard of living. Having been homeless for a portion of 2016, I take great offense with any institution that allocates funding foreign exchange students regardless of their altruistic intent. A 40 year old resident of the area can't afford to live with his paltry Bachelor's Degree and a small sea of mostly female students thrives while giggling over their locally sourced coffee? If you think absolutely nothing is wrong with that picture, you need to experience fear as I have. If you are reading this and have ever wondered recently if you're too comfortable, the answer is 'yes'. Experience some discomfort and make it so that I'm not ashamed to be lurking among you. I am not proud of you, Minnesotans. All creeds. All colors. #behavioralgeneticsrefuteracism

Görkem Varol

Russ

a great institution.....a bedrock of the Midway neighborhood.

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